UW-Madison UniverCity Alliance hiring new director

The UniverCity Alliance (UCA)’s purpose is to improve the visibility and quality of research and teaching of urban affairs throughout the UW-Madison. UCY, a member of the Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-Network/EPIC-N), engages students, academic staff, faculty, and administrators at UW-Madison in helping to solve problems and develop opportunities identified by municipalities, other local government entities, or community organizations. MetroLab is a national network of smart city university-city collaboration between Universities and their host city for which, at UW-Madison, UCA is responsible for managing.

The Managing Director of the UniverCity Alliance will take lead operational and management responsibility for the fiscal and reputational success of UCA, its ingredient UniverCity Year (UCY) program, and its strategic alliances (e.g., MetroLab). They will report to the UCA Advisory Board, composed of faculty and other leaders in the UW-Madison community and co-chaired by professors Joel Rogers and Paul Robbins. Their immediate supervisor will be Rogers.